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Released: 4-Feb-2020 4:55 PM EST
Researchers successfully test coin-sized smart insulin patch, potential diabetes treatment
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

UCLA bioengineers and colleagues at UNC School of Medicine and MIT have further developed a smart insulin-delivery patch that could one day monitor and manage glucose levels in people with diabetes and deliver the necessary insulin dosage.

   
Released: 3-Feb-2020 2:45 PM EST
Shift workers at risk for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

Shift workers are at a significantly increased risk for sleep disorders and metabolic syndrome, which increases a person's risk for heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Individuals, employers and physicians can all take steps to mitigate these risks, according to a clinical review in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

Released: 3-Feb-2020 9:45 AM EST
Women’s Heart Fund Launches ‘Community Conversations with the CDI’
Hackensack Meridian Health

The Women’s Heart Fund, a philanthropic arm of Hackensack Meridian Health Meridian Health Foundation, has announced that for its newest venture, the organization will sponsor ‘Community Conversations with the CDI,’ a women-focused, three-year lecture series featuring researchers from Hackensack Meridian Health’s Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI). The lectures will focus on topics relevant to community members throughout the state, including heart disease, breast and ovarian cancer, vaccines, Alzheimer’s Disease and diabetes.

Released: 3-Feb-2020 8:50 AM EST
آثار ارتفاع تكلفة الأنسولين على حياة مرضى السكري
Mayo Clinic

تزيد تكلفة أشكال الأنسولين الأكثر استخدامًا في الولايات المتحدة بمقدار 10 مرات عن أي دولة من الدول المتقدمة الأخرى، وفقًا لتعليق في مجلة Mayo Clinic Proceedings. وبسبب هذه التكلفة الباهظة، يلجأ بعض مرضى السكري من النوع الأول في الولايات المتحدة إلى الاقتصاد في كمية الأنسولين التي يستخدمونها، الأمر الذي له تداعيات تهدد حياتهم.

Released: 30-Jan-2020 1:35 PM EST
Your gums reveal your diet
Aarhus University

Sweet soft drinks and lots of sugar increase the risk of both dental cavities and inflammation of the gums - known as periodontal diseases - and if this is the case, then healthy eating habits should be prioritised even more.

Released: 29-Jan-2020 11:10 AM EST
Cycling to work? You may live longer
University of Otago

People who cycle to work have a lower risk of dying, a New Zealand study has found.

   
Released: 28-Jan-2020 11:05 AM EST
Major Asian Gene Study to Help Doctors Battle Disease
University of Virginia Health System

“Under-representation of Asian populations in genetic studies has meant that medical relevance for more than half of the human population is reduced,” one researcher said.

23-Jan-2020 12:50 PM EST
New Mathematical Model for Amyloid Formation
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Scientists report on a mathematical model for the formation of amyloid fibrils. The model sheds light on how the aggregation process can occur in a catalytic manner, something that has not been previously well understood.

   
Released: 28-Jan-2020 10:05 AM EST
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Launches Grant Program to Help Deliver Breakthroughs in Treatment of Major Diseases and Conditions
Hackensack Meridian Health

The six projects selected will be seeded with more than $100,000 in total to help the scientists generate preliminary investigative results to prepare applications for competitive federal and foundation awards.

Released: 28-Jan-2020 9:00 AM EST
New coalition to help hospitals nationwide become healthier in 2020
Monday Campaigns

There’s a movement underway that’s putting the healthy back into health care by ensuring hospitals provide patients with nutritious plant-based food options. In 2020, a new coalition will help hospitals not just in New York but nationwide provide patients plant-based food options that combat rather than contribute to cancer, diabetes, obesity and heart disease.

   
Released: 27-Jan-2020 1:05 PM EST
An egg a day not tied to risk of heart disease
McMaster University

The controversy about whether eggs are good or bad for your heart health may be solved, and about one a day is fine. A team of researchers from the Population Health Research Institute of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences found the answer by analyzing data from three large, long-term multinational studies.

Released: 27-Jan-2020 8:00 AM EST
Researchers Identify Opportunities to Advance Genomic Medicine
Mount Sinai Health System

New Study Highlights Milestones in the History of Genetic Discoveries; Equitable and Fair Access Required to Address Disparities

21-Jan-2020 1:55 PM EST
Teens with obesity and PCOS have more “unhealthy” bacteria
Endocrine Society

Teens with obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have more “unhealthy” gut bacteria suggesting the microbiome may play a role in the disorder, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 7:05 AM EST
Stop the Snore, Save the Romance
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine offers tips for Valentine’s Day to prevent snoring from being the third wheel in your relationship.

Released: 23-Jan-2020 6:05 AM EST
Queen’s Research Develop Tool to Tackle Diet Epidemic in India
Queen's University Belfast

New research led by Queen’s University Belfast aims to better understand the link between diet and disease in India.

   
Released: 22-Jan-2020 11:00 AM EST
Johns Hopkins Researchers: Climate Change Threatens to Unlock New Microbes and Increase Heat-Related Illness and Death
Johns Hopkins Medicine

The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) recently published “Viewpoint” articles by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professors who warn that global climate change is likely to unlock dangerous new microbes, as well as threaten humans’ ability to regulate body temperature.

   
Released: 22-Jan-2020 10:00 AM EST
Former AADE rebrands as Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists
Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES)

The former American Association of Diabetes Educators is now the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES). The rebranding reflects the association’s shift from referencing the specialty title as “diabetes educator” to the more comprehensive “diabetes care and education specialist.” The new title more accurately signifies the range of expertise diabetes care and education specialists provide to people with diabetes, prediabetes and cardiometabolic conditions, the health care system, payers and providers.

   
Released: 21-Jan-2020 11:05 AM EST
Clinical Trial: Vitamin D Supplementation Linked to Potential Improvements in Blood Pressure in Children
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

Overweight and obese vitamin D-deficient children who took a relatively high dose of vitamin D every day for six months had lower blood pressure and improved insulin sensitivity than their peers who took a lower dose, according to the results of a new clinical trial.

Released: 17-Jan-2020 8:05 AM EST
Study: Neuron Found in Mice Could Have Implications for Effective Diet Drugs
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A cell found in mice may be able to stop feeding in humans without subsequential nauseating effects as well as influence the long term intake of food.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 1:45 PM EST
Hohe Insulinkosten sind für Diabetespatienten lebensbedrohlich
Mayo Clinic

Die am häufigsten verwendeten Formen von Insulin kosten in den USA 10-mal mehr als in jedem anderen Industrieland, wie aus einem Kommentar in Mayo Clinic Proceedings hervorgeht.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 12:25 PM EST
Le coût élevé de l'insuline a des répercussions sur la vie ou la mort des patients diabétiques
Mayo Clinic

Les formes d'insuline les plus couramment utilisées coûtent 10 fois plus cher aux États-Unis que dans tous les autres pays développés, selon un commentaire publié dans la revue Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 12:10 PM EST
آثار ارتفاع تكلفة الأنسولين على حياة مرضى السكري
Mayo Clinic

تزيد تكلفة أشكال الأنسولين الأكثر استخدامًا في الولايات المتحدة بمقدار 10 مرات عن أي دولة من الدول المتقدمة الأخرى، وفقًا لتعليق في مجلة Mayo Clinic Proceedings. وبسبب هذه التكلفة الباهظة، يلجأ بعض مرضى السكري من النوع الأول في الولايات المتحدة إلى الاقتصاد في كمية الأنسولين التي يستخدمونها، الأمر الذي له تداعيات تهدد حياتهم.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 11:05 AM EST
Custo elevado da insulina pode significar vida ou morte para pacientes diabéticos
Mayo Clinic

As formas mais comumente usadas de insulina custam 10 vezes mais nos EUA que em qualquer outro país desenvolvido, de acordo com um comentário publicado na Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Released: 14-Jan-2020 9:35 AM EST
Endocrine Society awards Baxter Prize to diabetes treatment entrepreneur
Endocrine Society

Researcher Daniel J. Drucker has been awarded the Endocrine Society’s John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for his contributions to diabetes treatment, the Society announced today.

Released: 13-Jan-2020 2:25 PM EST
Weizmann Scientists Devise New Algorithm that Predicts Gestational Diabetes
Weizmann Institute of Science

Using machine learning to analyze data on nearly 600,000 pregnancies, researchers devised an algorithm that identified nine parameters – out of more than 2,000 analyzed – that can predict which women are at risk of gestational diabetes. The parameters can identify risk early in – even before – pregnancy, enabling early intervention.

   
Released: 13-Jan-2020 5:20 AM EST
Dehydrated, low on sugar or at risk of skin infection? Wearable sensor made by NUS researchers can tell from your sweat
National University of Singapore (NUS)

A team of NUS researchers have come up with the pH Watch, an ‘add-on’ to a wearable health monitoring gadget that can tell users about the condition of their health from their sweat pH.

Released: 10-Jan-2020 1:25 PM EST
تظهر دراسة على قطاع من الناس أن داء السكري يمكن ان يكون عاملاً مستقلا في نشوء فشل القلب
Mayo Clinic

تعتبر مشاكل القلب من التطورات الشائعة لمرضى السكري. وفي الولايات المتحدة فإن حوالي 33٪ من الأشخاص الذين يتلقون علاجًا في المستشفى لفشل القلب يعانون من داء السكري. قد ينتج في بعض الأحيان فشل القلب عن حالات مصاحبة ، مثل الإصابة بإرتفاع ضغط الدم أو أمراض القلب التاجية.

Released: 9-Jan-2020 2:25 PM EST
New Closed-Loop System Offers Promise as Novel Treatment for Post-Bariatric Hypoglycemia
Joslin Diabetes Center

Post-bariatric hypoglycemia is a profoundly life-altering condition for patients. Having unpredictable hypoglycemia that people can't detect is really an unsafe situation. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a closed-loop system that automatically provides patients with an appropriate, as-needed dose of liquid glucagon to treat this condition.

Released: 9-Jan-2020 1:25 PM EST
Endocrine Society elects Wysham as 2021-2022 president
Endocrine Society

Endocrine Society members have elected Carol H. Wysham, M.D., to serve as the organization’s President for the 2021-2022 term.

8-Jan-2020 7:35 PM EST
An Out-of-the-Box Attack on Diabetes
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A protein newly identified as important in type 1 diabetes can delay onset of the disease in diabetic mice, providing a new target for prevention and treatment in people, according to research led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Indiana University School of Medicine.

Released: 9-Jan-2020 10:45 AM EST
人口研究结果显示,糖尿病是心力衰竭的独立诱发因素
Mayo Clinic

糖尿病患者普遍面临着罹患心脏疾病的风险。实际上,在美国因心力衰竭入院的患者中,约有33%也患有糖尿病。心力衰竭的诱因可能是高血压或冠状动脉性心脏病等合并症,但也有例外。

Released: 8-Jan-2020 11:50 AM EST
Media registration open for ENDO 2020
Endocrine Society

Members of the media can now register to cover the latest advances in hormone health and science at ENDO 2020. The Endocrine Society’s annual meeting will be held March 28-31, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif.

Released: 7-Jan-2020 4:30 PM EST
Genetic Differences Help Distinguish Type 1 Diabetes in Children from “Type 1.5” Diabetes in Adults
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

A multi-center team of researchers led by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has discovered a genetic signature that could help distinguish an adult-onset form of diabetes sharing many type 1 diabetes (T1D) characteristics from pediatric-onset T1D, opening the door to potentially more straightforward diagnostic tests for the adult condition and improving responses by ensuring patients receive the most appropriate treatment.

Released: 6-Jan-2020 4:05 PM EST
Diabetes pode levar à insuficiência cardíaca de forma independente, mostra estudo populacional
Mayo Clinic

Os problemas de coração são um desenvolvimento comum para pessoas com diabetes. De fato, cerca de 33% das pessoas nos EUA admitidas no hospital por insuficiência cardíaca também têm diabetes. A insuficiência cardíaca pode ser o resultado de uma co-condição, como hipertensão ou doença cardíaca coronária, mas nem sempre.

Released: 6-Jan-2020 3:50 PM EST
Selon une étude portant sur une population, le diabète peut entraîner indépendamment une insuffisance cardiaque
Mayo Clinic

Les personnes atteintes de diabète développent généralement des problèmes cardiaques. En fait, environ 33 % des personnes aux États-Unis admises à l'hôpital pour des problèmes d'insuffisance cardiaque sont également atteintes de diabète. L'insuffisance cardiaque peut être le résultat d'une affection concomitante, telle que l'hypertension ou une affection cardiaque coronarienne, mais ce n’est pas toujours le cas.

Released: 6-Jan-2020 3:45 PM EST
Diabetes kann unabhängig zu Herzinsuffizienz führen, wie eine Bevölkerungsstudie zeigt
Mayo Clinic

Bei Menschen mit Diabetes kommt es häufig zu Herzbeschwerden. Tatsächlich leiden in den USA etwa 33 % der Menschen, die wegen Herzinsuffizienz ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert wurden, auch an Diabetes. Herzinsuffizienz kann das Ergebnis einer Begleiterkrankung sein, wie z. B. Bluthochdruck oder koronare Herzkrankheit; dies ist jedoch nicht immer der Fall.

Released: 6-Jan-2020 3:20 PM EST
New study unravels the complexity of childhood obesity
University of Notre Dame

In a new study led by the University of Notre Dame, researchers examined how various psychological characteristics of children struggling with their weight, such as loneliness, anxiety and shyness, combined with similar characteristics of their parents or guardians and family dynamics affect outcomes of nutritional intervention.

   
Released: 6-Jan-2020 2:05 PM EST
Half of women with heart failure get the wrong treatment
University of Bergen

More women than men die of heart failure. The reason is that only 50 per cent of the heart failure cases among women are caused by having a heart attack, which can be treated with modern methods.

Released: 6-Jan-2020 12:00 PM EST
Weight Loss Procedures: Comparing Surgical and Non-surgical Options
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Daniel Jones, MD, Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgical Services and Director of the Bariatric Program at BIDMC, and Jonah Cohen, MD, Director of the Center for Bariatric Endoscopy at BIDMC, compare different surgical and non-surgical weight loss procedures.

Released: 3-Jan-2020 2:10 PM EST
Costo elevado de la insulina conlleva implicaciones de vida o muerte para pacientes diabéticos
Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, Minnesota: El costo de los tipos de insulina más frecuentemente usados es en Estados Unidos 10 veces mayor que en el resto de países del mundo desarrollado, expone un comentario en Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Este costo prohibitivo es la causa para que algunos pacientes estadounidenses con diabetes tipo 1 racionen la cantidad de insulina que se administran y, consecuentemente, afronten implicaciones de vida o muerte.

Released: 3-Jan-2020 8:05 AM EST
Drug Trial Seeking First Ever Treatment for Dangerous Side Effect of Prader-Willi Syndrome
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A worldwide research effort is underway for finding a treatment option for hyperphagia, the most common genetic cause of life-threatening childhood obesity.

Released: 2-Jan-2020 3:10 PM EST
High Cost of Insulin Has Life-or-Death Implications for Diabetic Patients
Mayo Clinic

The most commonly used forms of insulin cost 10 times more in the U.S. than in any other developed country, according to a commentary in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. This prohibitive cost is causing some U.S. patients with Type 1 diabetes to ration the amount of insulin they use, with life-threatening implications.

Released: 2-Jan-2020 12:35 PM EST
La diabetes puede por sí sola llevar a insuficiencia cardíaca, muestra estudio poblacional
Mayo Clinic

Los problemas cardíacos son comunes entre las personas que padecen diabetes. De hecho, alrededor del 33 por ciento de los estadounidenses que ingresan al hospital debido a insuficiencia cardíaca también son diabéticos. Si bien la insuficiencia cardíaca puede derivar de otra afección ya existente, como hipertensión o cardiopatia coronaria, ese no siempre es el caso.

30-Dec-2019 12:45 PM EST
Diabetes can independently lead to heart failure, population study shows
Mayo Clinic

Heart problems are a common development for people with diabetes. In fact, about 33% of people in the U.S. admitted to the hospital for heart failure also have diabetes. Heart failure may be the result of a co-condition, such as hypertension or coronary heart disease, but not always. A study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Diabetes Mellitus Is an Independent Predictor for the Development of Heart Failure: A Population Study, examines the idea of diabetic cardiomyopathy and heart failure from the effects of diabetes alone.

Released: 31-Dec-2019 2:20 PM EST
Reimagining your New Year's resolutions
Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES)

As the new year approaches, AADE suggests the following ways for people with diabetes to start the year healthy and stick with it.

Released: 18-Dec-2019 4:45 PM EST
Hackensack University Medical Center’s MOLLY Diabetes Education/Management Center Receives 8th Education Recognition from the American Diabetes Association
Hackensack Meridian Health

This certification is an affirmation that the services provided at the MOLLY Center meet the national standards for diabetes care.



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